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Subject: Visit other churches? |
Bible Note: Dear Joe! Greetings in the name of Jesus! Friend, I must say that just about everything you wrote supports, yea exemplifies, my anthropological hypothesy. :-) Not every Type 2 (I'll use this for brevity) pastor wears a mustard-yellow jacket! I, for instance, sometimes wear a rather subdued Salmon jacket from Penney's Stafford Collection! (VERY appropriate!) :-) In addition, wearing a 'less conservative' jacket does not make one Type 2. This is exactly the kind of bias (bigotry) that encourages the centrifugal trend I am theorizing. Type 1s are becoming more entrenched in their Type 1-ness, and Type 2s are doing likewise. The Type 2 camp may have the more 'outrageous' examples of extremism, like the tomfoolery you spoke of, but the Type 1 camp has their fair share of 'anti-Type 2' propaganda! My point is that, overall, the Type 1 pole is just as far from the center as the Type 2 pole. One thing is certain; both claim to BE the center, with the other the 'fringe.' Truly, Joe!, the Word and the Spirit SHOULD be in conjunction. This ideal is clearly written in the Bible, and the Spirit certainly speaks to my heart that this should be so! But the church is not bearing this out, which is exactly my concern. I see that one side claims the Spirit in the Word, and the other claims the Word in the Spirit. But I do not see either with a monopoly on truth. Friend, I am not trying to convince you, or tell you your error. I am speaking of trends, and you DO kind of fit in! :-) One of the reasons I visit other churches is to corroborate or refute the (biased) claims I have heard over the years. One of them is, "Type 2 preachers do not know the Word, and do not preach the Bible." Thought there might be a certain amount of truth in this (like Cretans!) it is not any more true that to say that Type 1 churches are full of intelligent, orderly people. Certainly Type 2 ministers do not own greed and lust, with Type 1 ministers free from such sin! Some amount of 'cross-fellowship' may actually be productive, though 'uncomfortable.' :-) Anyway, my good friend, and worthy colleague, I will rest may case with this. Much more, and 'centrifugal force' might strain our fellowship! :-) In Christ Jesus, charis |